Colour4CRAFTS - Colour for Combining, Re-engineering, Applying, Futuring, Transforming, Stretching

Project Information

Colour4CRAFTS

Grant agreement ID: 101094809

DOI 10.3030/101094809

EC signature date 8 June 2023

Start date 1 July 2023

End date 30 June 2026

Funded under

• Culture, creativity and inclusive society

Total cost € 3 004 000,00

EU contribution € 3 004 000,00

Coordinated by

HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO
Finland

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Colour4CRAFTS (Colour4CRAFTS - Colour for Combining, Re-engineering, Applying, Futuring, Transforming, Stretching)

Reporting period: 2023-07-01 to 2024-06-30

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

Social sciences are a core of the study because we research cultural context of dyeing.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Research carried out as in the plan. Main activity was the exhibition Seasons of Colours in Valo and Katve galleries in Arktikum building in Rovaniemi 10.6.18.8.2024 which exhibited natural and biobased dyes in the Northern Baltic area and novel innovations in digital printing and chemical modifications of natural dyes. Consorium members gave presentations of the Colour4CRAFTS project in DHA (Dyes in History and Archaeology) conference Oct 2023, NESAT conference May 2024 and Biocolours2024 conference in June.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

First successful digital printing and colour wheel created by natural dyes. Improved attachement of natural dyes on cotton and improved wash fastness properties.

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